Wind power potentials in Cameroon and Nigeria : lessons from South Africa
ABSTRACT: Wind energy has seen a tremendous growth for electricity generation worldwide and reached 456 GW by the end of June 2016. According to theWorldWind Energy Association, global wind power will reach 500 GW by the end of 2016. Africa is a continent that possesses huge under-utilized wind pote...
- Autores:
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Abubakar Mas’ud, Abdullahi
Vernyuy Wirba, Asan
Ardila Rey, Jorge Alfredo
Albarracín, Ricardo
Muhammad-Sukki, Firdaus
Jaramillo Duque, Álvaro
Aini Bani, Nurul
Bakar Munir, Abu
- Tipo de recurso:
- Review article
- Fecha de publicación:
- 2017
- Institución:
- Universidad de Antioquia
- Repositorio:
- Repositorio UdeA
- Idioma:
- eng
- OAI Identifier:
- oai:bibliotecadigital.udea.edu.co:10495/22480
- Acceso en línea:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10495/22480
- Palabra clave:
- Energía eólica - Nigeria
Wind power - Nigeria
Recursos energéticos
Power resources
Viento
winds
Medio ambiente
environment
Energías renovables
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_8401
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2593
- Rights
- openAccess
- License
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/co/
Summary: | ABSTRACT: Wind energy has seen a tremendous growth for electricity generation worldwide and reached 456 GW by the end of June 2016. According to theWorldWind Energy Association, global wind power will reach 500 GW by the end of 2016. Africa is a continent that possesses huge under-utilized wind potentials. Some African countries, e.g., Morocco, Egypt, Tunisia and South Africa, have already adopted wind as an alternative power generation source in their energy mix. Among these countries, South Africa has invested heavily in wind energy with operational wind farms supplying up to 26,000 GWh annually to the national grid. However, two African countries, i.e., Cameroon and Nigeria, have vast potentials, but currently are lagging behind in wind energy development. For Nigeria, there is slow implementation of renewable energy policy, with no visible operational wind farms; while Cameroon does not have any policy plan for wind power. These issues are severely hindering both direct foreign and local investments into the electricity sector. Cameroon and Nigeria have huge wind energy potentials with similar climatic conditions and can benefit greatly from the huge success recorded in South Africa in terms of policy implementation, research, development and technical considerations. Therefore, this paper reviews the wind energy potentials, policies and future renewable energy road-maps in Cameroon and Nigeria and identifies their strength and weakness, as well as providing necessary actions for future improvement that South Africa has already adopted. |
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